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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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I want to go to zero, and I'll tell you why: If we and the Russians can go to zero nuclear weapons, then think what that does for us in our efforts to counter the new war... Think how intolerant we will be of nations that are developing nuclear weapons if we have none. Think of the high moral ground we secure by having none... It's kind of hard for us to say to North Korea, 'You are terrible people, you're developing a nuclear weapons,' when we have oh, 8,000.
- General Charles Horner
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February 14
1916: Remaining classes of single men called up in Britain
1939: The Bismarck is launched
1942: Formation of first Royal Marine Commando at Deal
1945: Royal Marines received Freedom of Deal
1989: Iranian theocrat Ayatollah Khomeini issued a "fatwa" agains Salman Rushdie for the publication of "Satanic Verses." Khomeini urged Muslims worldwide to assassinate Rushdie as a matter of "religious duty" for critisizing the Koran. This day marks the beginning of a rift between Western democratic values of freedom of expression and Islamic religious tenets of absolute obedience to the Koran.
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